Here's what Donald Trump posted to Twitter on election eve

OAKMONT, PA - NOVEMBER 8: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton cookies are on sale at the Oakmont Bakery on November 8, 2016 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Trump leads the cookie-purchase tally with 63% of the purchases, with a total of 2609 Trump cookies and 1512 Hillary cookies sold as of election day as Americans go to the polls to decide on their next president.Jeff Swensen / Getty Images

When it was all said and done, Trump had only posted 17 tweets. His last post was a retweet, so, in a sense, he didn’t even get the last word.

Not what we’ve become accustomed to from Donald Trump.

Hillary, meanwhile, sent out 63 tweets (including retweets).

Considering that Donald Trump has basically owned Twitter for most of the campaign, it’s surprising to see such a disparity in volume right before the election.

While much of what Trump posted to the social network was criticized, you have to admit that he knew how to get attention — and lots of it. From January 1st to November 3rd, Trump had a massive 98% more mentions than Clinton on Twitter.

As the campaign picked up, however, Clinton did get more comfortable on social and wasn’t afraid to take a few swipes at The Donald.

Back in June, both candidates hit home runs with their most engaged tweets of the year:

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